Posted in Entertainment

Blue Wahoos Stadium Voted Best Double-A Ballpark

Blue Wahoos Stadium has been voted the best Double-A ballpark as part of Ballpark Digest’s “Best of the Ballparks 2016” contest. Blue Wahoos Stadium won…

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Posted in Business

Chamber plans to fight workers’ compensation coverage increase

The Greater Pensacola Chamber announced today that it will fight the spike in workers’ compensation rates that will take place this summer. As a result…

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Posted in Caring Pensacola

Pensacola not selected for Housing and Urban Development designation as a Promise Zone

The City of Pensacola and its local partners (UWF, PSC, Escambia County School District and Escambia County) were not selected for Housing and Urban Development…

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DEO launches Employ Florida app

Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the launch of the Employ Florida mobile app, which gives Florida job seekers instant access to thousands of job openings…

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Posted in Pensacola

Attorney clarifies conclusion regarding demise of Independent Personnel Board

Attorney Russell Van Sickle clarified that the conclusion that that Mayor Hayward was not bound to create the Independent Personnel Board, which we published in…

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Posted in Escambia County Pensacola

Commission looks for plan before approving clean up of Mosquito Control facility plume

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to table a supplemental budget amendment for $316,646 to clean up a contaminated groundwater plume that has…

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Posted in Education

5th Summer Dance Workshop at PSC June 20-25

Pensacola State College’s 35th annual Summer Dance Workshop runs June 20-25 on the Pensacola campus, 1000 College Blvd. On-campus registration for ages 10 years through…

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Posted in Politics

Backroom Briefing: A feverish political fight over Zika

(Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida) By BRANDON LARRABEE AND JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Mosquitoes are an annoying fact…

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Summer Cyber Camps for Students

Elementary and middle school students have an opportunity to learn basic cybersecurity skills in a fun environment at one of the Summer Cyber Camps hosted…

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Seafood Safety Symposium June 13

Escambia County Natural Resources Management Department and the Escambia County Marine Advisory Committee will host a Seafood Safety Symposium Monday, June 13 at 4:30 p.m.,…

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Carly Johnston selected for IAVMF 30|UNDER|30 program

The International Association of Venue Managers Foundation (IAVMF) has selected the 2016 recipients for its 30|UNDER|30 program. Among the members of the 30|UNDER|30 Class of…

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Posted in Escambia County

Cost to remediate old Escambia Mosquito Control Facility tops $300K

At the May Pensacola City Council meeting, City Administrator Eric Olson said the city would ask the Board of County Commissioners to clean a plume…

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